document.write( "Question 524081: A sales representative informs you that there are 56 houses for sale with two floor plans still available. Use x to represent floor plan one and y to represent floor plan two. Write an equation that illustrates the situation.
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\n" ); document.write( "Later, the sales representative indicates that there are three times as many homes available with the second floor plan than the first. Write an equation that illustrates this situation. Use the same variables used in previous problem. \r
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$\"x\"$ is the number of houses with floor plan 1
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y\"$ is the number of houses with floor plan 2
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+%2B+y+=+56+\"$ is correct
\n" ); document.write( "There are three times as many homes available
\n" ); document.write( "with the second floor plan than the first.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+y+=+3x+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "This just says that $\"y\"$ is $\"3\"$ times bigger
\n" ); document.write( "than $\"x\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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